Heterohyrax auricampensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Hyracoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Magnordo: Epitheria Superordo: Afrotheria Cladus: Paenungulata Ordo: Hyracoidea

Familia: Procaviidae
Genus: Heterohyrax
Species: †Heterohyrax auricampensis

Name

Heterohyrax auricampensis Rasmussen, Pickford, Mein, Senut & Conroy, 1996

Holotype: NESM BER I 31'91a

Type locality: "Site I, Berg Aukas"; Namibia

Etymology: "'Of the gold fields,' from Latin aureus, golden, and campus, field, to recognize Gold Fields, Namibia, the company that owns the Berg Aukas Mine"

References

Primary references

Rasmussen, D.T., Pickford, M., Mein, P., Senut, B. & Conroy, G.C. 1996. Earliest Known Procaviid Hyracoid from the Late Miocene of Namibia. Journal of Mammalogy 77(3): 745–754. DOI: 10.2307/1382679 Reference page.

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